The complexity of receptive fields of periodontal mechanoreceptive neurons in the postcentral area 2 of conscious macaque monkey brains

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1079-1084

  Toda, T ^a   Taoka, M ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gingiva; Oral stereognosis; Periodontal ligament; Postcentral somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOLOGY; EATING; FOOD INTAKE; GINGIVA; HEMISPHERE; INNERVATION; JAW; LIP; MACACA; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TONGUE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; EATING; GINGIVA; LIP; MACACA; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTIUM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEREOGNOSIS; TONGUE; TOOTH;

EID: 0034793452     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(01)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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